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Iraq PM says retaking Mosul from IS 'can be done'

Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Iraq's premier expressed confidence Friday that the country's struggling army is capable of retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The chief problem, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a gathering of political and economic leaders...

Erdogan: Attacking religious beliefs equals terrorism

Attacking religious beliefs is a form of terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday. “Terrorism is not just committed by weapons,” Erdogan said during a speech at Addis Ababa University in the Ethiopian capital. “Attacks on holy values and religious...

Anti-IS coalition talks focus on jihadist threat

Top officials from 21 countries kicked off talks in London on Thursday on pushing back Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and tackling the growing threat of homegrown jihadists in Europe. US Secretary of State John Kerry and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond...